Chapter 698: Pork Chop and Kidney Flower
An hour later.
In the living room of Scamander's house, the enticing smell of meat wafts through the air.
In addition to Elena, the other two little witches and Mr. and Mrs. Scamander were already sitting at the kitchen table, and they were waiting for the chef to finish her final dishes and return to the table to enjoy a sumptuous dinner with them.
The preparation process for dinner today was not complicated, and for the sake of safety, most people did not choose unfamiliar recipes.
In fact, almost everyone opted for the seemingly modest dish of "juicy pork chop with sweet and sour peppers" – with the exception of Miss Luna Lovegood, who chose to share the "stir-fried kidney flowers" with Elena, at least the pork kidneys didn't sound strange.
This is good news for Elena.
On the one hand, she didn't have to cook different dishes for each person separately, just two sets of auxiliary ingredients combined with the main ingredients could complete most of today's dinner, and on the other hand, Luna's choice made Elena a lot happier.
"Good choice, pure fried pork chops will be a little greasy, and sweet and sour peppers and pork chops are a great combination. ”
With a slight wave of her wand in Elena's hand, three white plates lined up on the table.
On the other side, in three sizzling pans, the pork chop decorated with large black peppercorns is completely overflowing with color and aroma against the background of thyme and basil leaves, and the buttered pork chop has an attractive hazelnut color.
With the tap of the girl's wand, the gravy pork chop floated up and landed exactly on the three plates.
After such a long period of magic practice, although she still had to rely on a wand to assist, she was almost able to cast spells without spells like a sixth or seventh grader in this simple "mage's hand" type of magic.
Dumbledore's previous speculation was not wrong, the half-breed Meiwa did have many advantages in learning magic that pure-blooded human wizards did not have, but this period of strength came earlier than the old wizard imagined.
The "Second Order of Runi Demon Script" from the original Dark Lord allowed Elena to activate the potential in her body in advance.
For chefs, this kind of concert conductor-like elegance is undoubtedly perfect for multi-person cooking environments.
It was because of Elena's masterful kitchen magic that Mrs. Scamander reluctantly agreed to sit at the table and let the girl take care of the day's dinner—mainly the dishes that Elena was going to cook, and she wouldn't ......
"Wait a moment and let the pork rest for a while—"
"The secret to juicy pork chops is not to rush and remember to let the meat rest for as long as it is fried. ”
Elena turned her head and explained to Tina Scamander, her wand tapped the boiling bell pepper flakes in the pan next to her, and the pan immediately floated up and moved to the side of the plate for the final touches.
And then ...... With the pre-fried bell peppers, the basil and red wine vinegar smell great, right......?
Bright red bell peppers dot the pork chops one by one, and the hot oil broth flows over the hazelnut-colored surface of the pork chops, making a slight sizzling sound, accompanied by the aroma rising and penetrating into the bell pepper onions below.
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"Gollum—"
Hannah, Luna, and Scamander swallowed at the same time.
I have to admit that watching a top chef cook smoothly is a very eye-catching visual treat in itself, but if you add the color and aroma of the dish itself, it is too difficult to control.
Luna looked at the two large pork chops on Hannah's plate, and couldn't help but feel a little regret in her heart.
Perhaps, she should have been like Hannah and the others, honestly choosing "juicy pork chop with sweet and sour peppers", instead of whimsically agreeing with Elena to try the "pork kidney flower cluster on the flame".
Although the pork kidney pie and pork kidney sausage taste are not bad......
But at least judging from the current situation, the tempting appearance of the few pieces of meat in front of Hannah was obviously much better than the most luxurious kidney dish that Luna could imagine in her mind.
"Sister Hannah, that ......"
Luna Lovegood quietly poked Hannah under the table and whispered pitifully.
"Wait a minute, I can eat a bite of your pork chop, I can trade it with you with the hot kidney flower that Elena made later, or some other small snack, like 'Bloody Bronia' at noon tomorrow, if there's any." ”
Obviously, there is also a difference between pan-fried pork chops and pan-fried pork chops.
Compared to this kind of food that makes people drool at first sight, even Luna will be a little shaken.
Satisfying curiosity is still not as straightforward as satisfying one's own belly, and even if Lovegood's magical instincts tell Luna that the offal might really be delicious, it's hard to resist the temptation of meat.
"You don't need to exchange it, let alone a mouthful, even if it's a whole piece, hmm, half, hmm, one-third ......"
Hannah glanced at the tempting aroma of the pork chop in front of her with some hesitation, swallowed her saliva, and after slightly measuring the weight of the pork chop, she bit her lip with a little hesitation and continued to reply with a painful face.
"Well, a third, I can give you at least a third of the pork chop—"
On the other side, Elena didn't notice that a table-side deal had taken place.
Her attention was now all on the next dish, the hot kidney flower she had been waiting for.
It's hard to find a traditional Chinese thick-soled wok, but the convenience of magic is now on full display, and since mastering the "elementary alchemy", Elena doesn't have as much trouble with kitchenware as she used to.
With the movement of the girl's wand, the two black pans quickly fused together and stretched into a wok.
"Now, let's move on to this side of the business...... The essence of fried kidney flower is not to let it rest for a moment. ”
Elena moved her wrist slightly, and with a slight twist of the wand in her hand, she clicked on the waist flower that had been marinated on the side for seven or eight minutes, and as her wand clicked, the pickled waist flower shook off the excess marinade and automatically jumped into the oil pot.
If frying pork chops requires patience and just the right amount, then stir-frying kidney flowers needs to be fast, accurate, and hot.
Whoop -
As the kidney flower enters the oil pan, the smell of fireworks that is different from European cuisine instantly explodes in the kitchen.
At the same time, Elena's eyes also became fiery, and the "Hecate of the Polar Night" in her hand quickly transformed and unfolded, turning into a metal spatula with a cold light and solid workmanship in an instant.
"Quickly slide and spread out after getting out of the pot, up to four to five seconds, and get out of the pot directly, without giving it any chance to get old!"
"Immediately after ......"
The spatula in Elena's right hand remained unchanged, and she drew her wand in her left hand and deftly tapped it towards the spice table next to her.
Slice the green onion into diamond shapes, green chili, red chili, celery, ginger and garlic chopped into pieces, pickled pepper...... More than a dozen kinds of side dishes rose into the air, like a rainbow bridge, into the hot pan with the base oil.
The fiery smell of spicy and fragrant fragrance spread in an instant.
The sound of metal clashes, the glare of fire, and the different spicy aromas instantly caught the attention of the four wizards at the table who had never seen the process of Chinese cooking—Chinese food, which was a dish on flames.
Even from a distance of several meters, they could feel the air suddenly become a little hotter.
"Very good, the side dishes in the pot are broken, and then pour in the kidney flower ...... at this time"
Elena's movements were at least half as fast as before, and the speed of simple magic teleportation seemed to be unable to keep up with the rhythm of the girl's actions at this time, and almost at the same time as Elena's voice reached everyone's ears, the speed of the spatula also increased.
Stir the pan, turn the spoon, sprinkle with salt and thicken......
A series of operations in one go.
"White rice, with a hot kidney flower...... Try it, it's my favorite. ”
Before the four onlookers could react, the fragrant fiery kidney flower was already on the plate and placed at the end of the table, and at some point, two plates of delicate-looking rice had also appeared on the plate at the end of the table.
If you think about it, it seems that this is the first time Elena has eaten rice since she crossed over.
The rice comes from Indian rice that the goblins of Gringotts bought on the goblins.
Although it is not a particularly precious variety, it is also a rather rare staple food in the European continent at this time, and if it weren't for Elena's status as the fairy queen, it might have to wait a long time.
After all...... Even if Grindelwald planned to gradually let her take over the Saints, she couldn't order those old grandfathers to buy her rice for the time being—that kind of behavior was really not in line with her image as a "three-generation black lord".
Elena took off her apron and walked to the edge of her seat, handing Luna a pair of black walnut chopsticks.
After a year of "finger agility training", Luna, Hannah, and Hermione have almost barely learned how to use chopsticks, although they can't control Elena's long and thick "wand chopsticks" for the time being, but if it is a slightly smaller normal-sized chopsticks, the little wings can still use it relatively smoothly.
"It's so fragrant......"
Hannah sniffled and glanced at the plate of fiery waist flowers that had been placed in front of Luna.
Even if she smelled it slightly, she could feel that she was already secreting saliva under her tongue, and in the past year of Hogwarts school life, her greedy cat attribute had already been discovered by the evil white-haired ball.
"Hmm...... Luna, our previous deal was quite valid, right?"
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